Storms Push April Rainfall Above Normal

We may have had a dry winter but it’s turning out to be a very wet spring.

The downpour we've been getting in Sacramento this week has
helped boost rainfall totals. Kathy Hoxsie is with the National
Weather Service office in Sacramento:

"This has been a pretty active week. We've received up to 2½
inches in some areas across the valley and here in Sacramento we've
received almost an inch."

That put's Sacramento rainfall totals at 66% of normal for the
year. So far this month, Sacramento has received 1.46 inches of
rain. The normal amount of rainfall in April is 1.3 inches. March
was also above normal.

Hoxsie says these recent storms would've been bad news last
year.

"If this type of rain (had) come in April of last year we
probably would be facing a lot of flooding across the valley. But
because we were so dry in January and February, even with a wet
March, we had plenty of room to accommodate."

It'll be dry this weekend. Hoxsie says the next chance of rain
will be next week…although it'll be north of Sacramento.